Racial economic subordination and white gain in the U.S. SOUTH

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 565-589

  Tomaskovic Devey, Donald ^a   Roscigno, Vincent J ^b,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sociology of Education Section

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS EXPLOITATION; ECONOMIC SUBORDINATION; RACIAL DISPARITY; WHITE GAIN;

USA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030425861     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096394     Document Type: Article

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